The Sun. — London, England, 1826-10-21 00:00:00

LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF KING'S BENCH, GUILDHALL—Ocr. 20. - JAMES V. RICHARDS. • Mr. bitouonast opened the pleadings. . This was an action brought by the plaintiff, the Rev. John Angel James; to:recover a compensation in damages from the defendant, Richard Downing Richards, .the pro prietor. of the Age, Sunday newspaper, for having publish ed therein a false and Malicious libel of and concerning - the plaintiff. • Mi;SCARLETT said the plaintiff in this case is a man of high education and respectability ; he is the author of a distinguished work—a clergyman; though not a member of the Church of England, that to which lie was attached was distinguished for its virtues. He was surrounded by friends of the highest reapectability; who were at any time ready to testify their opinion of his unblemished character : he was also the preacher to a congregation that bad erect ed for him a chapel known in Birmingham, where he re sided, as the " House of Prayer." On the 2d of Sept. 1826, he had attended a meeting called for the purpose of taking into consideration the propriety of erecting an infant school. At the meeting Lord Calthorpe presided, and the plaintiff had seconded one of the resolutions. A report of these proceedings had been published in the Birmingham Chronicle, and immediately after the following libel, for Which the plaintiff now sought reparation, appeared in the defendant's paper of the 2dof October, 1825: after noticing the report of the meeting, it proceeded thus A man by the name of James, styling himself Reverend, by a display of uuparalled assurance, has so fur ingratiated himself into the opinions of some deluded persons of this town, as to induce them to build him a splendid conventicle, where he preaches the commandinente, which be goes home and breaks, and then has the audacity to attend a public meeting for forming an infant school on the. principle that a Metropolitan college has just been projected; the thing is. too barefaced, and such humbug attempts to delude the minds of the people must and shall he exposed : the idea of such Ranters as this fellow, James, talking about religion and mo rality, when be has trampled on the first duties of both : he has not only ' coveted his neighbour's goods,' but actually got pos session of them ; for the circumstances of his second marriage, which was obtained by a violation on his part of every social and manly virtue, were merely hushed up by a large pecuniery don: cenr, out of his wife's jointure, to his injured friend ; and yet filch people as these are suffered to talk to us about religion,. morality, And the blessings of education." Thus is the paintiff accused, not only of coveting his neighbour's goods, but Of possessing them. What does this transaction mean ? Mr. James cannot tell—he can not answer —he can only suppose he has some secret enemy in Birmingham ; - persons must Suppose something more is meant in it than meets the eye, and yet, with this, Mr. James, as minister of peace, after this' severe attack upon his integrity, anxious only to discover the author of this foul calumny, and not to bring an action against the de fendant, merely applies to him, and requires the author to be given up ; and to this his attorney recoives the folloW ing answer, dated Oct. 19, 1825 : " Sir,-1 understand ..from your clerk that you wish to ,- hear from me respecting something inserted about Mr. James in the Aye. lam requested by the proprietors of the Age to inform you, that if Mr. James, or yourself, think proper to address a letter to sue on the circumstances animadverted on, accompanied with evideses, end to show it is incorrect, it shall have insertion, with comments, b 7 the editor, sufficient to exonerate him from the imputation of whit",! l he complains. If this arrangement does not meet your approbation, I shall be ready to furnish you with the name of my solicitor, who will receive a letter, and arrange as the, matter may require. cSigned) " It. D. It." " Please to send the answer In writing." He (Mr. Scarlett) declared, that he had no conception of suet' impertinenee as was contained ha this letter. A fellow pits into this paper a libel of the most false description, and when he is asked to give up his author, replies by saying, address to me a letter on the subject; send me proof that I may decide if I have been torrect, and if I am satisfied, I will then publish it with my remarks. He (Mr. Scarlett) was at a loss to express his indignation slit s uch impudence, and was almost ready to subscribe to. the opipion or is friend of his, who proposed so far to alter the law of libel art to give the party who had been injured, the liberty. of : eveaging himself by giving the libeller a good thrashing. Auch a punishment might have the effect of curbing the ini„lefrolent dispositions of such gentlemen he had no doubt, btsf. not more so than the severest damages they could give, The damages laid in the deela ration were laid only at 500/...atl the jury being now in and the subseqthey uent possession of the case of the 11, 1 2u 1 P, aggravation by the defendant', i ett o:, he trusted would evince their abhorrenc e b y er." farthing ofV that sum. ' Mr. Miasma, from the • Stamp-office, prO7ed the fendant to be sole proprietor of the Age Newspato .- 1" Robert Stevens, Esq. knew the plaintiff,. Mr. John 4. gel James; lie is a Dissenting Clergyman of an Indepen dent congregation. lie preaches and resides at,Birming ham ; is now married for the second time, and witness Is trustee to the marriage-settlement.. Mrs. James was a widow before he married her—a lady of property. The plaintiff is also a man of property. Mr. Hanson, clerk to Mr. Wilke, attorney for the plain , tiff, saw Mr. Richards two or three times respecting this publication et Mr, WilsSn's office. This letter .(defen dant's) afterwards came, and he said he had left a letter from Me. Wilson; he wished to know if Mr. Wilks had left any letter for him ; two or three other letters came afterwards; he did not perionally offer to me to insert in his Paper en apology, and express his regret at having published any thing so unfounded. Mr. Da!:ismaisi, for the defendant, stated that he could not hut feel that his Learned Friend had made an impres sion on their minds unfavourable to the defendant at the moment; but be trusted they. would not, by any thing they had thus heard, be induced to visit with undue seve rity his client. The Jury had heard that nothing is to , be accepted except the damages that the, special pleader had thought proper to insert in the declaration. He is not satisfied with the declaration from the defendant,• which I tow repeat, that he deplores most deeply that he has been imposed upon by a Use statement. Why was not this action - tried at Birmingham, where the plaintiff was known,• Where the injury, if any he had sustained, might best be explained and atoned for 1 Why' were they brought here this day, except - that it was to a better market than they could otherwise find ? A verdict, he (Mr. Denman) would :admit, must be found for the plaintiff; but were they,(the jury) prepared to say on their oath that the plaintiff 'ii character would not be sufficiently vindicated by the slightest damages 9 They . must look to the effect of their. vetd u it: l tz , t w h i t e y n a s tUs e i a re i meni f ber the words of Lord Chesterfield, said, if you will have liberty, P yo n a g n o ms ' tfto ay a s if e a e n r c ta i h i i n f theatres, degree have lie6ntiousuess. So would enjoy those blessings whic h p resser ; their country might Justly be so proud, they must in some cases submit to such evils as were Incident to its nature, and not visit too heavily the errors of another on a man who acknowledged he had been imposed upon. The LORD Clllkl JCSTICH, after recapitulating the evi dence, and reading the libel, stated, that as it had been ad witted thataverdict must be found forthe plaintiff, the only qu estion for the, consideration o f the Jury was the amount of damages to which the plaintiff Wag entitled. Let their verdict b result of temperate ddiberation. The Jury after a few minutes' iconsderation, found a verdict for the plaintiff—damages 300/. On its announcem ent, Mr. GURNIN ros e, and stated that the plaintiff did not intend to :appropriate any part of the damages to himself. A short tune since a country curate, while reacting the second lesson, espied a dog of his in fi erce combat with another at the west end of the church —out rushed the enraged priest from his desk to part the unruly ( 111 , 4, which haring"aecomplisbed, he returned when being in doubt where he left off, he inquired of clerk---" Roger, where was I just now ?" " why, (lown in the aisle, parting the dogs, Maister," said Rogere—Both /fend(/' UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE. OXFORD, OCT. 21.—0 n Tuesday, the 17th in * t. Mr. Henry Edw. Knatchbull was admined a Founder's Kin Scholar of Wadham College. •-;.- • On Wednesday last the Rev.' John Whittington Ready Landon, M.A. of Worcester College, was admitted Pro bationary Fellow of Exeter College, on the nomination of the Dean and Chapter of Exeter. On Wednesday last the Rev. C. K. Williams, M.A. Scholar of Pembroke College, was admitted a Fellow of that Society. Yesterday Mr. EdWard Cockey, of the diocese of Bath and Wells, was admitted Scholar of Wadham College. On Thursday the following Degrees were conferred:— DOCTOR IN' MEDICINE. Charles Joseph Bishop, St. Mary Hall. DOCTOR IN CIVIL LAW. Charles Balmily, Fellow of St. John's College, and one of the Fellows on the Vinerian Foundation. • MASTER OF ARTS. John Bramston, Exeter College. EACHELORS OF ARTS. George Heron, Brasenose. Samuel John Ingram Lockhart, Lincoln. 'Wilson Hetherington, Trinity. George Henry Bosanquet Jacob Joseph Muslim, Christ Church. John Perry, Scholar of Balliol. John West, } Worcester. Thomas Harding, William Scott Robinson, ? g litter. Philip Lovell Phillips, YCCISSIASTICAL PRIEFETAMINTS. The Rev. George Woodcock, M.A. of Tiinity College, in this University, has been instituted by the Bishop of Lincoln to the Rectory of Caythorpe, Limoltishire. ThlY Rev. John •Brinkley, D.D. to the. Bishopric of Cloync, vacant by the death of Dr. C. M. Warburton. The -ton. and Rev. H. A. Rous, M. A. to the Vicarage of Reydon ' and to the Perpetual Curacy of Southwold, both in Suffolk patron, the Earl of Stradbroke. The Rev. F. R. Hall, B.D. Fellow of St. John's Col lege, Cambridge, to the Rectory of Fulbourn, vacated by the death of the Rev. R. Fiske, B.D. GROSS MISREPRESENTATION. A plain case was brought before the Court of Requests, in Castle-street, on Thursday, at the instance of a very re spectable surgeon in Brydges-street, to recover a debt of one guinea from Mr. Wilson, a baker, in the vicinity, for medicine and attendance upon Mr. West, the comedian, at the instance of Mr. Wilson. It appeared that Mr. West had taken, poison, and sought shelter in the baker's house. As the poison began to develope itself on the actor's troubled countenance, the baker. hurried to Mr. Snitch the surgeon, at midnight, for assistance, which was promptly given. As Mr. Snitch and the baker were proceeding to Mr. West's, the generous baker observed, of his own bounteous free will, that he would be answerable for any demand on account of the visit, and to this remark Mr. Snitch made no reply, for it is not the practice of the pro fession to stipulate for pay before administering relief, but the baker, no doubt, in his simplicity, extended the practice in his own vocation to that of the faculty. Now some men are very lavish in words, but parsimonious in deeds, and the baker happened to be one of this liberal class, for he re fused afterwards to verify his own offer, by paying the ac count, and petulantly referred the Doctor to look to Mr. West, without giving any information where Mr. West was to be found. The case was then brought into the Court. of Requests, whither the baker took a hired reporter, to give a " respectable " account of the matter, and the case was ushered forth in yesterday's morn ing Papers, and was copied into the evening journals, under the seductive title of " ATTEMPTED StIiCIDE of Mr. WEST." .The baker had all the speech his own way, for his reporter," Friday," wok down every word, accom panied with variations, one or two of which , we solioirt, in order to show how infam o u sl y the totrgeon s conduct is misrepresented. (Erma the Chronicle.) He (defendant) ran off to request the plaintiff to attend, and be did so promptly ; but, before be administered any medicine, be in quired who was to pay for his services? He (deferlant).said, " Good God, do your duty, and I'll satisfy you for what you do in my house," or words to that effect. Then, said the defendant, be gave an emetic to the patient, and mixed some of my mustard with warm water, and that was all the Doctor did, and 1 think it hard that a guinea should be charged for an emetic, unless my mustard and water forms part of the demand.-4Lowl laughter). One of the Coultissiouttes said, be waa glad that the defen dant had got to the doctor's shop at last, and he should like to be informed what, was the regular charge for an emetic ? The shopman said, eighteen-pence ! enswastoNln---Eighteen-pence ! Why, that woula supply -4 with medic* for 20 years ; I think that is all the defendant ought to ` 14 1‘ The Stopni.‘ llox P lainad i thnt after mid ni g ht medical men are e ntitled to 65. extra 'kr attendance. (Pratt the Timer.) tie then ran off to the plaintiff, requesting his immediate attend ance, and he Was prompt to the call ; but (said Mr. Wilson em phatically) before any thing W iidministered, the cautious doctor desired to know who was to 1e paymaster ? Defendant, then all agitation and alarm, said, " For God', sake do your duty, and I'll see you paid for every thing you do in my house," Mr. Snitch then administered an emetic, and mixed some strong mustard in warm water, both of which were supplied by the defendant. It was therefore, he thought, extravagant 'to charge a guinea tar au emetic, unless the mustard and water (his own property) formed part of the item. There was another thing the Omit ought to know, awl that was, that the plaintiff subsequently attended Mr. West at his own lodgings in Duke-street, St, James's ' to which he (defendant) was told he was directed by Mrs. Westberself: it was therefore, he thought, contrary to law or reason that hie guarantee should extend beyond his own house, and the more so when the parties themselves were able to pay it. The same account appears in 010 New Times, and the im pression produced on the public mind, no doubt, is, that Mr, Snitch has acted very differently from wh4P profes sional gentleman ought to have done on such an occa sion. But the fact is quite the reverse. We have the pleasure of knowing Mr. Sniteh, and feeling not only sur prised, but indignant at the imputations contained in these reports, we asked for an explanation, and fond the facts to be as stated above. it would be idle to make py rex. mark upon the gross partiality of these reports, which are studiously varied but essentially thst same. But this n ex hibits another of the many im p ositions practised ta l on the public by these painting individuals who avail them selves of their connection with the presg to* abuse the confidence of its conductors, and ►deceive the public, while they, as in the present instance, assail this most up right characters. Mr. Snitch did not attend Mr, Weat ut bis lodgings ; but the baker was right to make up n batch of credible stories, hug' hly ment of that seasoned wi witty Co u rt of t 8 rd a nd water, for the amusem partial Commiesionersone of whom spouted his emetic humour for the medicinal edification of his brethren, , whose-- " Vacant laugh was ready chorus." et...----------------- OLD COINS.--A brass urn was discovered by Mr., Thomson, fanner, Mindrum, Northumberland, so far hack as April last, containing 600 Roman coins, oar of which are in an excellent state 'of,preservation. Ihe honest farmer apprised his landlord of w hat bad taken placei and from some delay in that quarter, the discovery in question h as never yet been noticed in the j ournals. The coin s are a ll o f s il ver ; in size they resemble a moder n s i x p ence, present such var i et i es h i regard to date, and die , and but are nearly three times as t hick, and decorations, that they were probably regarded as an extraordinary c a t etion several hundred years ago. Numbers of them are dated before the coming of our Saviour ; and the head of Julius Caesar, Vespasian, tic. are said to be as clear and We shay reigns issued in ply outlined. as the head of George IV. is bn the sove 18'22. _tope this imp er f ect not i ce w ill have the effect of eliciting some more detailed and accurate de -6 s criptioll,-.•••Edin6Urgh Evening Coma. FRENCH TPATE.I.IS. Grain flit, /*oar.) PARTS, OCT. B. —The most recent lette,s front Ode§aa announce it a.:, - , tit; g oner,l opinion; that peace would be preserved by the Porte, according to the demand of Russia. (From the Journal de Paris of Thursday.) The Chevalier Nuno Barbosa, Charge d'Affaires of Por tugal, was yesterday presented, in that quality, to his Ma jesty and their Royal Highnesses,hy the Baron tie Lalive, who is charged with the introduction of Ambassadors. The latest accounts from Odessa mention that the gene ral opinion was in favour of peace, and that the Porte would accede to the demands of Russia. What gives a confirmation to this opinion is, the certainty. that the Turkish Government is making no preparation for war. Yesterday M. Rothschild gave a grand dinner, to which were invited their Excellencies the Ministers, Mr. Can ning, and the Ambassadors. (From the Journal des De6all of Thursday.) Nam, OCT. 18.—We have received, by an extraordi nary courier, advices from Lisbon of the 7th inst. On the sth, in the Hall of the Senate of the Chamber of Lisbon, a meeting was held to nominate Deputies to the General and Extraordinary Cortes for the province of Estramadura. Baron Quintillo and Joao Ferreira da Costa Sampayo obtained 101 votes. At Porto, on the first scrutiny, M. Barrozo Pereira had 108 votes ; MM. Ferreira de Amnjo e Castro, 107; Jose Antonio Guerreiro, 105 ; Francisco Xavier Soares de Azevedo, 103. The Government hail received despatches from Vienna, dated 9th Sept. The Infant Don Miguel, at that time was in.good health. For the last fortnight the political horizon has been tran quil, but cloudy. We search in vain for a prominent ob ject upon which to fix our views; all is vague, without any decided complexion, and almost without motion. How can it be otherwise ? No common principle go verns Europe—no general interest holds the place of prin ciple ; there is not even an object of general fear, for the possible aggrandizement of Russia cannot be such, since it is acknowledged that no other barrier can be opposed to that, but the wisdom of Russia herself. In point of fact, great interests have been so balanced for some time, that it would be difficult, even supposing a greater energy to exist in Cabinets, to arrive speedily at definitive arrangements. At Lisbon, the meeting of the Cortes is waited for. Without a knowledge of the genius of that Assembly, how are we to judge definitively of the progress of constitu ional Government / As to the_ question of legitimacy that has been a long time decided by all the Cabinets ex cept, perhaps, one. At Madrid they wait for an army, for finances, and above all, for common sense ; but none of those will soon arrive. Meanwhile, Spain sees the flag of her insurgents wave in the ports of France, the Congress of Panama has con cluded important treaties, and the name of Bolivar put an end to civil wars. On the banks of the Prutli, at Constantinople, and at Vienna, the 7th of OCtober is anxiously waited for. It appears that Mahmoud reckons much upon the eternal disunion of the Christian Powers. "The House of Naza reth is the House of Discord," say the Ulemas : and the Mufti answer, "May it be done as it is written in Hea ven !" With these two principles, Turkey will be able to postpone her fate for a year; if, by a new perfidy, she accepts without any express, although with mental reser vations, the eighty-two articles of the Russian Ultimatum. Supposing that prudential reasons, the scarcity of provisions in Moldavia, or any other reason, may have hindered Russia from causing her armies to march, the temporary acquielcenec of this power, by its feigned acceptance of them, would not niter in any manner whatever, the hostile position of the two Empires. lit the menu time, the public, impatient for this pro crastinating policy, seeks for news. Must we invent it. Do they wish that we ehotfld retake Athens, no matter •on what day, or that we should go to find, in God knows what port, the undiscoverable Lord Cochrane. But, say these eager news-hunters, it is an indisputable fact, that Mr. Canning has been at Paris nearly a month;' Mr. Canning dines here, Mr. Canning dines there ; why, therefore, not do as so many other people who pique them selves on their acuteness ? Why not hazard a political dissertation on the fate of Europe, from the sombre or the joyous countenances of the illustrious guests of M. Rothschild ? Really, this would be attaching rather too much im portance to diplomatic or financial dinners. But since it must be so, • since you must have news, you shall have them. They discoursed of war at those dinners then, nay, of battles even—but, alas ! it was the war with Persia; the battles took place on the banks of the river Kur; these are objects of indifference, especially since the Persians were the beaten party; for the general opinion is, that the war with Persia will not be of long continuance; and the first successes obtained by the Russians, and the great pre parations of that power to force the Court of Teheran to seek peace, support that opinion. The army of the Don, composed of 18,000 Cossacks, under the orders of. the Hetman Howniski, is but a few days' march from the army of Georgia. 'A strong division, aided by other troops, is about to embark, for the purpose of acting in Mingrelia, whilst the General-in-Chief, Yermaloff, ad vances 'with 50,000 men. The Georgian Prince Alexander, who has de.serted the Russian standard for that of Persia, is set down as one of the chief instigators of this trilling war. Truly, however, these are not the battles which, for some days past, have given so much business to the Ambas sadors of Russia and Austria, and which have made them lately so prodigal of morning visits. Great matters are most probably treated of, but what are they V Between whom ? Upon what basis ? With what degree of celerity nr, pf skiwness ? These are questions which cannot be discussed every morning, if they are wished to be discussed at any time, with maturity ; and we have some reasons to believe that this time is not distans. BARCMANA, OcT r B,—,Sovorfil notices, have come to his Excellency the Captain-Crepe& respecting the appear ance and course of several Algerine vessels. The Captain of the xebec N. S. de Los Dolores, bad arrived on the beach Des Manes. in a b oat , with eight of his crew and one passenger, fie stated that his vessel was captured by a large vessel, which Was se nt on board him by two Alge rine corvettes and a th ree - ma sted schooner, and that he had the good fortune to es c a pe on board his boat. He was surprised three leagues to the South of Cape Malgrat.— Another corvette sad a brigantine were seen at some dis ! tense. The Post Captain of Mataro sent word, on the 27th, in the evening, that nine vessels were in sight—viz. a large ship, two frigates, fiv e s hi ps o f a middling size, a xebec, an d a great number of boats. Other vessels have appeared in a hostile manner before Celan, Arens lel Mar, and Pineda , All this part of the coast is in estate of defence. By a decree of the• King, a petision . of 2,500 reels, be enjoyed from 2d July, 1823, has bsen given to John Carapunsa and Theresa Clostres, his wife, whose son, Pedro Carapunsa, C apta i n o f the Royalist Divisio n o f Don Thomas Cost a , was ta k en prisoner by the Constitu tional troops, and c on d ucte d to Barcelona, where he was shot. __ The Vice. Consul o f t h e King at Tunis, has informed the Consul of his Catholic Majesty at Marseilles, who has g i ve n notice of it to the naval Commander at Barcelona, m ereliantmen. that the Algerine pir a t es h a d put to sea, to attack Spanish „ (From the Courier Francais.) sstateowf towards ev l ealthinli yrop. hay been thi l : A d it ay is' ve u ry err ala l r 7 rnEtig Tßi ;h m o a l v i ever, to toms appeared which iuspire the hope that the crisis may prove favourable to him. CORNWALL and DEVONSHIRE MINING COMPANY. A Meeting of the Proprietors took pl ace yester d ay at Batson's Coffee-house, Cornhill. Mr. W. CLARK, the Chairman, stated that the Meeting was convened in consequence of a most extraordinary cir cular letter, which the Shareholders had received from the Directors, demanding an additional instalment of 51. per share, and in the event of a refusal threatening to enforce the claim by action. This call he thought no man .of com mon sense would answer, after the previous waste' of funds which had .been committed in the concern. Mr. Kershaw, one of the Directors, with tears in his eyes, acknowledged having received 900/., and oth e rs ; n o doubt, had received ' other similar sums at the expellee of the Company. Some of the Directors, it appeared, had borrowed about 10,000/. on account of the Company, for which they gave their in dividual security, and now finding that they could not en force their claim on Mr. Wilke, they turned round on the Shareholders to make good the deficiency. A SHAREHOLDER recommended to indict all the Direc tors. When they came before an English Jury, every honest man among them would be sure to be acquitted, and those who were really guilty to be punished. He had o me r tp s e arnmiei were ne di very .t o resist e tach 0. n o honour ablet a m d e o n a . b t but will the c hwDeiarreeec o c Directors the call in question, and they Meeting, were unanimous . in Directorsas Counsel might ad scoutingA l All th the e M ideaem b Members of paying,th .. ed nst in t g h B e for recovery laughed at the threat cordingly resolved that they of the money already paid' _ v demand, ise s I and uhi b e that institutedsuch l) proceedings IMPRO VEMILNTS MDE IN N TO OWN.ERS' TOWN , AND CA Yesterday evening a Public Meeting was h e ld a t the Commissioners Rooms, Somers Town, for the purpose of taking into c onsideration, the propriety of adopting a peti tion to the Duke of Bedford, requesting his Grace to al low of a communication by Seymour -street, between So mer3' and Camden Towns, and to receive the Report of the Committee appointed to give effect to that object. After a " wordy war" between Messrs. Pitt and Portar lington, in which they mutually accused each other of getting up the Meeting by way of a job, the petition was unanimously adopted, and a Deputation of thirteen Gen tlemen appointed to present it, VENABLES, Maeoe. IN a MEETING or ASSEMBLY of the MAYOR, ALDER MEN, and LIVEItYMEN, of the aiweral COMPANIES of the CITY of LONDON, in COMMON HALL assembled, it the GUMMI/a:I of tha said CITY, ,on THURSDA.Y, the 19th Day of October, 1826, - • • • , RESOLVED t3)TANII•1011SLY) THAI' the Thanks of this Common Hall be given to the Right Honourable William Venables, Lord Mayor, for the zeal, talent, and independence with which he has dis charged the important duties of his high station—for the dignity and hospitality with Which he has upheld the ancient character of this City—and for his uniform attention to the Privileges and In terests of all Classes of his Fellow Citizens—but more especially ,for the judgment and firmness which he has displayed during the late crisis of commercial embarrassment, whereby the dormant spirit of public confidence was called into action, and evils which threatened the most vital interests of the Country were averted. WOODTHORPE. VENABLES, MAYOR. fn a MEETING or ASSEMBLY of the MAYOR, ALDER MEN, and LIVERYMEN of the several COMPANIES of the CITY of LONDON, in COMMON HALL assembled, at the GUILDHALL of the said City, on THURSDAY, the 19th day of October, 1826. ILESOLYYD UNANIMOUSLY, THAT this Meeting contemplates with alarm and dismay the present state of the Country, in which, after many years of profound peace, they see the Agricultural and Ma nufacturing Population, to a melancholy extent, dependent either upon charitable contribution or parochial relief—the Shipping and Commercial Interests depressed—the Public Revenue dimi nished, together with an increase of crime, alike frightful in its extent and threatening in its consequences. That from whatever causes such a combination of evils may . hare arisen, it is the opinion of this Meeting that they have been greitly aggravated by the operation of the Cot% Laws, which, adopted under the speCious pretext of maintaining the general Agricultural Interests of the Country, but really for the . purpose of supporting a high, scale of rents—have exposed the Tenantry to fluctuations in the value of their produce' hitherto unknown— whilst the Agricultural Labourers have, by the effect of . these Laws, combined with other causes, been driven down into a state of the most deplorable degradation, and the advantages of Capital, Enterprise, and Talent, possessed by the British Manufacturer, have been constantly interfered with, and controuled by the opera tion of Laws, the object of which has been to protect the exclu sive interests of the Landlord, while the greater and . more impor tant and universal interests of the Consumer have been wholly overlooked. That Since the first enactments of these Laws, in 1815, the very slight securities they gave to the popular interests have been several times broken down by averages taken upon fraudulent and false returns ; and that, upon a recent occasion, the Execu tive Government has seen the necessity of interfering, by an un constitutional stretch of power, to arrest the progress of the evils which this pernicious system.seemed, by its legal operation, likely io produce. That it appears highly important that the Legislature should be called upon to revise these Laws, and to allow at all timer the importation of Grain, under such regulations as the general jute rests of the community demand. That in making this appeal to the Legislature, it is the anxious wish of this Meeting not to recommend any course inconsistent with the support of Public Credit, which, on the contrary, it is their wish strenuously to uphold ; but that, to avert the possibi- lity of so great an evil as would necessarily arise from a breach of faith with the Public Creditor, it becomes the duty of the Legis lature to reduce the whole system of the Public Expenditure, and to put an end to all unnecessary Establishments, both at home and abroad : That, by the adoption of a rigid system of economy, and an honest application of all the resources of the Country, its character may be maintained, the taxation may be diminished, and the welfare of all classes of the People secured : And the Drafts of Petitions to both Houses of Parliament, agree ably thereto, being prepared, were read and agreed to. Resolved Unanimously—That the said Petitions be fairly transcribed, signed by the Right Honourable the Lord Mayor, two Aldermen, the Sheriffs, and Twenty of the Livery, on behalf of this Common Hall. Resolved Unanimously--That the Sheriffs, attended by the Re membraneer, do wait upon the Right Honourable Lord King, and request his Lordship to present the Petition to the Right Honour able the house of Lords. Resolved Unanimously--That the Representatives for this City in Parliament he requested to present tine Petition to the Hos. the Homo of Cumulous. Resolved Unanimously—That the Representatives of this City in Parliament be, and they are hereby instructed, to support the Laid Petition in the Hon. the House of Commons, and by every means in their power to promote the object of these Resolutions. Resolved Unanimously—That the thanks of this Common Hall be given to the Right Hon. Lord King, for his manly and patriotic exertion in the House of Lords, on the question of the Corn Laws. Resolved Unanimously—That the thanks of this Common Hall be given to Samuel Favell, Esq. the Mover, and John Bowring, Esq. Seconder, of the Resolutions and Petition, for the able,man ner in which they have brought forward the business of this day. WOODTHORPE. MASON'S PATENT IMPROVED SAFETY AXLE-TREES AND BOXES FOR CARRIAGES.- By these Improvements a greater Quantity of Oil than usual can be employed, and which continually circulating round the Axles, prevents the Wheels from sticking fast, or heating on long Jour nies, lessens the Friction, and causes them to run with More Lightness than hitherto. The Wheels are effectually prevented from coming off in use ; and they can be let out at pleasure, when travelling in bad roads, with perfect safety. These improvements are fully described in Gill's " Technical Repository of Discoveries and Improvements in the Useful Arts," for October, 1826 ; and also in a Treatise, published by the Patentee, WILLIAM MASON, at his Manufactory, 22, Castle-street East, Oxford Market, London. ter Patents for the 'United Kingdom have been obtained for these improvements; and they are besides sanctioned by their adoption amongst the first Noblemen, Gentlemen, Coach-Makers, and Stage Coach Proprietors, to whom they have given entire satisfaction. ' 4l li ~;~ ~* PRICES OF STOCKS THU Bank Stock.. ~ ...... ............ 203% 3 per Cent, 1ted.,..... ...... 90%% )4 3 per Cent. Cons. ' .6 1 %tt% 3'i per Cent. Dan) Red. tig 4 tler Cent. New 97 % Ditto, 1826 - 19!iiM Bank Long Ann. India Stock l ......... Ditto Bonds. 35 36 pin. PRICES O} FOREIGN F t Austrian Bonds, 5 per cent. — Brazilian Bonds — Buenos Ayres Bonds. Chilian'Bonds, 6 per ct. Colombian Bonds — Ditto, 1824 . 38 3i 9%14% Danish, 3 per cent. — Greek Bonds — Ditto, 1825 l4 U, Guatemala — Mexican Bonds Do. 1825 64)4 b 474 DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. South Sea Stock Old Annuities...— ......... ..... New Ditto Ex. Bills, £l,OOO 2d. 21 23 pm. Ditto 5OO 2d Yl 23 pm. Ditto Small 2d 2l 26 pm. Ditto Commercial Bank for Opening India for Account Cons. for Account %% NDS AT ONE 0 CLOCK. Neapolitan, 1824 — Peruvian onds — Portuguese Bonds — Prussian, 5 percent. Ditto, New -- Russian; New, 5 p. C. ..- Spanish, 18r3 7%: 1821 1114 11 French Renter, 5 p. c. —E -- c• --Exchange —l. :--r. ----St per cent. --- Exchange • —l. -- 4 ---- PRICES OF SHARES AT ONE O CLOCK. Paid. Per Share. Anglo Mexican Mining Company £7o 25 271 2930 A. 271 Bolanos Mining Company 175 275 295 =2 Brazilian Mining Company 2O 32 WI Bolivar Mining Company 5 7. f Columbian Mining Company l5 7 Potosi La Paz and Peruvian Assoc Real del Monte Mining Company 4O 950 0 Ditto New 250 305 Tlalpuxahua Mining Company l2O 185 United Mexican Mining Company 25 19 14 1 9 131 1! Protector, Fire Insurance Company COURSE OF EXCHA Amsterdam C.F. 12 7 Ditto, at sight Rotterdam 2U. 12 8 Antwerp l2 8 Hamburgh 2% U. 37 7 Altona 2% U. 37 8 Paris, 3 days' sight Ditto '2 U. 26 0 Bordeaux 2t3 0 Berlin ' Frankfort on Maine, Ex. M. ISt% Petersburgh, rble 3U. 8 Vienna, effbctive fi 2 M. 10 94 Trieste do. Madrid WI% Cadiz 34 Bilboa 33% Barcelona 33 Seville '33 - Gibraltar 45 NGE YESTERDAY. Leghorn ............................ 471 A Genoa ............................... 43% Venice .............................. 46 Malta ................................. les 38 ............................. s. . Priem) .................. per o 114 Lisbon ............................... Oporto ........................ 48 Rio Janeir 0 ... . .... .......... 434 Bahia... . ........................... 44Y. Buenos Ayres ..................... 43 Dublin, VI days' sight ......... lei Cork ....................»......... .. Iy. 4013.10, PED, OZ. S. 8. Portugal Gold, in coin .... 0 0 0 Foreign Gold, in bar 5...... 3 11 6 New Doubloons ............. 0 New Dollan ...... .. 00 0 Silver, in bars, standard 0 0 0 Arrived. Due. Q America. 0 O Brasil 0 O Buenos Ayres 0 • Donaghadee 0 O Dublin O Flanders 0 O France O Gottenburgh 2 IL S. Arrived. Due. O Guernsey Ps Jersey. 0 O Hamburg!' .......... O Holland ............... 0 0 O • Leeward islands ... 0 O Lisbon ............... 2 1 Malta .................. 0 1 Waterford ............ 1 HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORROW. turning 39 minutes after 5. ••• 3 minutes3llfr Mt Sun. LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 21, 1826. We received last night in regular course the Paris Papers of Wednesday, wind the Etoile dated Thursday morning, the interest of which is lessened by the pre viol', receipt of the Moniteur, and other Papers of Thursday, as mentioned , in our impression of yester day. In fact, with the exception of the paragraph which has been copied from the Etoile into a ll the other Papers, stating tha t the most recent letters front Odessa express an opinion that peace would be pre served between Russia an d France, we find nothin k g important in any of the Frenc h Journals. The to n g has an able article, bearing the appearance of beil l g official, defending the policy of the French an d t towards the new Republics of America , yoln h : Journal des Debats amuses its reader' withwith speculations on the political aspect of Eu ro p e) or rather of the world. it) these The intelligence from Lisbon, cont ained it Papers, comes down to the 7th inst. inclusive, but is of an unimportant character. DON MIGU EL, it seems, remains quiet at Vienna. We do not find any inention ' o f the Contnlerclal Treaty between Great Britain and F rance. • The French Funds have advance d. In another column will be found extracts from t he several Papers, both of Wednesday and ThursaitY, which have reached us. TAINCH FUNDS, OCT. 18. Five per Cents 9Bf. 80c. 85c. 90c. A n e 60c. Three per Cents 67f. 35c. 40c. s sc. w""' Rented de Naples Cortex Bonds . Royal ditto ................ 48f. 481. EXCIIANGIES ON' LONDON. Nes ' ........... ........ 251 95,0 b". One Month .................... Three Months .................. The e e e f x o t l ra lo o w r i d n in g ar re extracts from toe g to be controverted. The te mporary lil a Zeitung of the 14th instant, received this forenoon --' comparison with is a fact too otorious_ ictzsiref i n d rm, e b i r ec u l ae t l i tu o he n g, s tai c o l f i ei er l anß ia l:d v i i edri' tb il e pBiro: ? 3 ,c ir , ern e. l3 7. : o, . , ' : "e cof, grain, founded on the hope of exportation to Engl and ' wi not cure the evil. We re will h er e give, as a curiosity, a one of our Jour. characteristic advertisement published in nals, which setting aside the exam; ation deserves notice, 1 as one of the signs of the ti - er mes:-- I. A oro "To my • Friends—Saveral Landowners in breeVenu ar o.,„ - t h e y adri sposed e t° give away their estatsslak :woo tipsirible, beolum..-fibe small unable , in the present unhappy times, top a y the taste out! , , h , contents of his Prticenf their estates, and the l ess so theielsbourersiois; of his fathers country,sable . as well as the mechanics in the towns, who are intl. ... yet I fear that a th ma e n lan t d o o l w iv ne e e with landowners, are, A cco rding to the l. al regulation 7 police, as dear now as in the ti mes most rev: T able in the Len; l i t w i n s ers. ier ll o o r wever judicious I consider th is plan of giving (40_1', in the prices i.iiii , where he is nothing L ore than 40 niietia A l at . l r i , I us the gains siblee of our labourers, whose claims frequeolly evey" ",,,Z. ; landowners will ikunnigolti:-ueurralienr t w , utticiald,::::::_i.: m*ily_find any person who will accept the present 001 Of t in Ci u .t free from debts. I, for my part at least, most earliest!), 01 r il m y friends among the landowners to offer me uo elute se a ii',,,i: and h ere by publicly declare that I would not only decline enY a t l ol - r , present, but must return their written proposals on such Ja a ,, i , to unopened, unless their letters, which are otherwise so sgrqa" me, are post-paid. " AUGUSTUS BARO N LE Folll' " Windhof, 40,16, 1826." GREECE. I and The Gazettes of Napoli di Romania, of the 1 9 " w . 23d of August, give the following partieulars of 11 '. ° t l ,f rations of Ibraham Paella, chiefly against petrol (ea" Tripolism, in the Gulf of Napoli) :-- , 0 in w\aVshen Ibraham returned to Tripolizza, h e w e formed of the battle on the Ist of August, t V 1.1 114,. ., of Mehmet Aga, and the great loss be had suffered ) 'ti ' Meeting e " etin follow him, and marched to St. Peter and to Issi:_oon_.,, fftwraintshpno:eodppliithtioant:gehre. bluitelitorcsaderetrid.hisstar. ri,:itc:: St. John, Calybia, and came down to Astros. He .: ti ., divided his army into three corps, that of the ee'_ A marched by Vamvako to Mistra; that of the right tows'',..' Rachova; and the left towards Calybia and Astrol.f't Isaconis; and burnt Presto The corps that went ag ai n Mistra, having met with a brave resistance in Custom'', was obliged to retreat. Tkis is Ibraham's custom Wh e r eisvealrw l a ie ys m r e e e sd ts y w t i o th m ai ar l y ch re og s t t i n an i e rhs O gi e le n i e n r i a : was at ~•~. ~.~~